Introduction
Use this as a “base plan” for testing the viability of your new startup. Startups are highly variable, so adjust these actions as you see fit. However, beware of skipping steps altogether.
This document is part of a series of upgrade plans for every area of your life.
Epistemic Status
This is an overview of how confident the principal author is in this plan.
- Generally high confidence in plan
- Predicted grade of 99% on college final exam on “testing a startup idea”
- Based on co-building 25 organizations (9 businesses) with a ~60% survival rate
- Prediction that minor strategy and tactical changes would occur with +300 hours of study and testing, then no changes (i.e., as a society we’ve reached the limit of our understanding of how to efficiently and effectively build startups)
Objectives
Determine your objectives. Below are a few sample objectives.
- Determine long-term startup viability
- While minimizing cost
- While minimizing time
- While minimize emotional risk
- Build early foundation for startup
Values
Determine your relevant values. Below are a few sample values.
- Maximizing odds of success
- Truth-seeking
- Saving money
- Saving time
- Saving energy